Hemingwayův býk

With age a person loses speed and their reflexes slow down, but the horns of the charging bull stay as sharp as ever. Seventeen short stories lead scarred matadors into an imaginary arena to fight their own ageing and what comes with it, such as the question of whether they feel tolerance and forgiveness or simply resignation. Despite the bull in the title, the key creatures of the collection are fish, and its world is that of social outsiders who gather in grimy pubs, quarrelsome and nervous types among them. Fishing and the pub are places of encounter, where the characters can focus on themselves or on those around them.

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About the book

Form

Short stories

Length

120 pages in the original

First published

2018 by Paper Jam

Author's age

53 when first published

ISBN

9788087688793 (original)